HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON US

Finally saw HAMILTON Wednesday, long overdue, just remarkable, everything I’ve expected in the two years since my 2017 post below and my increasing familiarity with the incredible music and lyrics. As even casual students of history know, the American Dream was forged in fighting, others and ourselves, but it’s a dream so worth coming together to save. This is a year for us to embrace inclusion, celebrate truth, think about what real courage is, banish the bully and hail the humble among us, redefine winning, and remember that we are the victims of our failing to do so. As Lin-Manuel Miranda’s George Washington powerfully sings:

…..And even now I lie awake knowing history has its eyes on me….let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory, you have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story, I know that we can win, I know that greatness lies in you, but remember from here on in, history has its eyes on you……